κώταλις
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A ladle, stirrer, gloss on λάκτιν, EM555.18 (σκυτάλην codd.), Suid., Eust.1675.56.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1547] ἡ, = λάκτις, VLL., Stoßkeule, mit κόπτω zusammenhangend.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κώτᾰλις: ἡ, ὕπερον, «γουδοχέρι», Σουΐδ. Εὐστ. 1675· 57· ὡσαύτως = κώπη, σκυτάλη, Ἡσύχ. (Ἴσως ἐκ τοῦ κόπτω).
